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It

The It is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 236 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: It  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation: 236 Feet (72 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 55.5789, -132.46890

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It MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: It
Secondary: Utah Construction and Mining Co.
Secondary: Bessie Group Ass'N
Secondary: Shepard Group
Secondary: Totem Exploration
Secondary: Brown and Newell
Secondary: William Shepherd
Secondary: Sabi
Secondary: Reed and Dean Claims
Secondary: Reed
Secondary: Prince of Wales Mining Co.
Secondary: Terry Nos. 1-3
Secondary: Charles
Secondary: Bessie Nos. 1-7
Secondary: I.W. Sears
Secondary: Theron Ecker
Secondary: Mills Bay
Secondary: Brown and Metzdorf
Secondary: Eric Lindeman
Secondary: Seventh Gate No. 1
Secondary: D.C. Kennedy
Secondary: Takahashi
Secondary: Stanley Ecker
Secondary: Walter Young
Secondary: Granby Consolidated Smelting & Mng.
Secondary: N.W. Sweetzer
Secondary: Shepherd Copper Mine
Secondary: Charles Dunton
Secondary: It Mining Co.
Secondary: Me
Secondary: Eagles Nest
Secondary: Taylor
Secondary: Sea Island Copper Mng. Co.
Secondary: Granby Consolidated Mng
Secondary: Alarm

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB A000866 USGS CRIB A000739 USGS CRIB A000745 USGS CRIB A000720

Comment (Reference): WORKING CAPITAL AND THE IR JCR

References

Reference (Deposit): B714a pp. 17, 19

Reference (Deposit): B800 pp. 316-317, 369

Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 380523 p. 10

Reference (Deposit): PE119-11

Reference (Deposit): B442a p. 38

Reference (Deposit): B480e p. 101

Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 26

Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 33

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 42

Reference (Deposit): P87 pp. 73, 91, 94-95, 97, 100

Reference (Deposit): B642d pp. 83-85

Reference (Deposit): BMB153 pp. 25-26

Reference (Deposit): B662c p. 64

Reference (Deposit): B692b p. 28

Reference (Deposit): B692d pp. 85-86

Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 28

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-051

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-053

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-054

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 119-216

Reference (Deposit): B345f pp. 109, 113

Reference (Deposit): B347 pp. 118-121

Reference (Deposit): B379d p. 79

Reference (Deposit): B379d pp. 78-79

Reference (Deposit): B1090 pp. 5, 32, 40, 50, 122-126, 132

Reference (Deposit): B1139 pp. 64, 66, 72

Reference (Deposit): B1108B p. 34

Reference (Deposit): ADGS AR 1966a pp. 54, 62

Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 165-168

Reference (Deposit): SR1 pp. 2-3

Reference (Deposit): B1246

Reference (Deposit): MIRL 28 pp. 75, 78-79, 88

Reference (Deposit): MF433

Reference (Deposit): OF78-869 pp. 6, 25, 32, 100-101

Reference (Deposit): OF81-122

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-59

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